https://thegambia.com/ The complete guide to The Gambia — tours, river safaris, Roots history, beaches and where to stay. en https://thegambia.com/best-gambia-tours/ https://thegambia.com/best-gambia-tours/ Our honest ranking of the best tours in The Gambia for 2026: the top Banjul city tour, the Roots trip to Kunta Kinteh Island, the best river cruise, the Fathala safari and the upcountry chimpanzee trip. With prices, ratings and who each one suits. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/where-to-stay/ https://thegambia.com/where-to-stay/ Where to stay in The Gambia: an honest area-by-area guide to Kololi and the Senegambia strip, Kotu, Bakau and Cape Point, Brufut, the southern beaches at Sanyang and Kartong, and the inland lodges — with price bands and direct hotel searches. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/gambia-travel-guide/ https://thegambia.com/gambia-travel-guide/ A complete Gambia travel guide: when to go, visas and health, money and the dalasi, getting around, food, culture, safety, what to pack and how to plan a week on the Smiling Coast. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/getting-to-the-gambia/ https://thegambia.com/getting-to-the-gambia/ How to get to The Gambia and around it: direct flights from Europe to Banjul (BJL), visa and entry rules, airport transfers, tourist taxis, the Barra ferry and driving upcountry. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/best-time-to-visit-gambia/ https://thegambia.com/best-time-to-visit-gambia/ When to visit The Gambia: month-by-month weather, the dry and rainy seasons, the best months for birdwatching, when the beaches are busiest and when hotel prices halve. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/tours/ https://thegambia.com/tours/ Every top-rated tour in The Gambia in one place: Banjul city tours, Roots trips to Kunta Kinteh Island, mangrove river cruises, Fathala safaris, birdwatching and upcountry wildlife trips. Compare prices and book with free cancellation. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/banjul/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/banjul/ A low-slung colonial port on an island at the mouth of the River Gambia, with about 30,000 residents, one enormous triumphal arch and the country’s busiest market. Half a day is enough — but it is a half day you should not skip. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/kunta-kinteh-island/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/kunta-kinteh-island/ The eroding fort on this tiny river island — long known as James Island — was a hinge of the Atlantic slave trade for three centuries. With Juffureh and Albreda on the north bank, it forms the most significant historical site in The Gambia. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/atlantic-coast-beaches/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/atlantic-coast-beaches/ From Cape Point round to Kartong, The Gambia’s entire coastline faces west — which means the sun sets into the sea every single evening. Kololi and Kotu are the busy resort ends; Sanyang, Gunjur and Kartong are still fishing beaches with beach bars. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/makasutu-culture-forest/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/makasutu-culture-forest/ Mangrove creek, palm forest, savannah and baobab grove in one protected reserve half an hour inland — explored by dugout canoe and on foot, with baboons, monitor lizards and more than 100 bird species. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/abuko-nature-reserve/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/abuko-nature-reserve/ A small pocket of gallery forest just past the airport road, protected since 1968. A single well-made trail loops past a crocodile pool, a photo hide and forest thick enough to hold colobus monkeys and 250-plus bird species. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/kachikally-crocodile-pool/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/kachikally-crocodile-pool/ One of three sacred crocodile pools in The Gambia, still used for fertility and blessing rituals by local families — and the only place most visitors will ever be invited to touch a wild Nile crocodile. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/bijilo-forest-park/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/bijilo-forest-park/ Known to everyone as Monkey Park: 51 hectares of rhun palm forest between the Senegambia hotel strip and the beach, with a boardwalk trail, three monkey species and a sea breeze the rest of the coast would envy. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/tanji-fishing-village/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/tanji-fishing-village/ The busiest fishing beach on the coast, plus the Tanji Bird Reserve next door — 612 hectares of lagoon, dune and woodland that is one of the best birding sites in West Africa. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://thegambia.com/destinations/river-gambia-upcountry/ https://thegambia.com/destinations/river-gambia-upcountry/ Head 300 km east and the country changes completely: wide brown river, baobab savannah, the wild chimpanzees of Baboon Islands, hippos, and the 1,200-year-old Wassu Stone Circles on the UNESCO list. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT